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Judges can't be put under public scrutiny: Supreme Court

  Raj Kumar Makkad   17 November 2009 at 12:46

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said judges cannot be put under public scrutiny as it would hamper their functioning and independence."We cannot expose our judges to public scrutiny or inquiry because it would hamper their functioning and ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   1292 Views


CONVICTION NEEDED TO BE BRAVE

  Raj Kumar Makkad   17 November 2009 at 12:46

World War II was almost over. Still, Hitler was unrelenting in his insane determination to exterminate Jews. A batch of around 20,000 Jews were in a concentration camp. Orders had come from Berlin to go ahead with their execution. However, the head o ..


Posted in Criminal Law |   1167 Views


TARGETING GROWTH THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE

  Raj Kumar Makkad   17 November 2009 at 12:46

It is heartening that the Government has set up a high-level Cabinet Committee under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister to give a major thrust to infrastructure development and keep the focus on this core sector. Allocation of Rs 1 lakh crore, th ..


Posted in Corporate Law |   883 Views


CONVICTS HAVE RIGHTS AS WELL

  Raj Kumar Makkad   17 November 2009 at 12:46

INDIA'S prison law and policy needs total review. For example, India's Prison's Act 1894 permits " whipping" for prison indiscipline.This remains on India's statute book though it's been abolished in Andhra, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Pr ..


Posted in Criminal Law |   1538 Views


Opression and Mismanagement - an interesting issue

  Member (Account Deleted)   16 November 2009 at 18:36

Earlier, I have written few articles on oppression and mismanagement under section 397/398 of Companies Act, 1956. After looking into an interesting angle while dealing with a Company issue, I have decided to present that inviting comments fro ..


Posted in Corporate Law |   980 Views


Status of Information Technology in Indian Courts

  Prakash Yedhula   15 November 2009 at 10:50

Status of Information Technology in Indian CourtsEver since NIC took up computerization in Supreme Court in 1990, many applications have been computerized which have impact on masses i.e. litigants. Following are some of the applications which have b ..


Posted in Others |   2468 Views


Report Card of India & China at a glance

  Raj Kumar Makkad   15 November 2009 at 10:32

This paper* to attempts to compare the competitiveness of India and China over the last decade: China's GDP was three times that of India in 2007. China's share of GDP to the world was 10.8%, which was double that of India. The average annual growth ..


Posted in Corporate Law |   979 Views


A YEAR AFTER 26/11, STILL VULNERABLE

  Raj Kumar Makkad   15 November 2009 at 10:32

Fifteen days from now, India will be commemorating the carnage of 26/11 and pledging never to let it happen again. If past record is any indicator, it is virtually impossible to see this pledge through though preventing a terrorist strike for one yea ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   936 Views


JUST WRONG ''THE CJI CAN ADVISE DINAKARAN TO STOP WORK.''

  Raj Kumar Makkad   15 November 2009 at 10:31

It is strange that Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, against whom serious charges of encroachment and illegal occupation of public land, acquisition of wealth beyond known means and abuse of office have been levelled, still continues ..


Posted in Legal Documents |   2573 Views


IN PARDONING CRIMINALS YOU BETRAY VICTIMS

  Raj Kumar Makkad   15 November 2009 at 10:31

AT THE time of the national and state assembly elections, earlier this year, an NGO provided considerable detail to show that our legislative assemblies and parliament had come to be populated by a disproportionately large number of millionaires. The ..


Posted in Criminal Law |   1121 Views